How Do You Make Fresh Flowers Last Longer?
How wonderful it is when someone presents you with a flowers, wrapped in paper or in a box, straight from the florist. It seems to say that “I am thinking of you”, in such a warm and romantic way. Making them last longer will add to your enjoyment of them, so they will not wither and wilt so fast. • Place flowers in water as soon as possible. Once the stems of flowers have been cut, you have removed their life support system. • Fill a plastic bucket a third to half way with warm water. Warm water should be used as flowers take up warm water more readily than cold. Its preferable to add preservative to the water. (The use of preservatives is explained further on). Flowers only drink through the ends of the stems and not through the sides of the stems, and for this reason buckets should not be filled right up to the top with water, as foliage left on stems below the water line will rot and pollute the water. This will feed bacteria and the flowers will die more quickly. The foliage of ma
